with the nation now owing close to $17 trillion, i wish the president were more like pope francis, who has a cardinal in argentina rejected of all the lavish perks. mr. obama is entitled to protection, convenience and comfort as he he runs the nation. congresswoman bachmann and all the opponents of president obama should zero in on what's really important, the president's failure to deal with out-of-control spending and his core belief that america is not a fair country. that's what's important. not who is walking the presidential dog. by the way, that's the gardner who walks the dog. and he has always walked the dogs. and how many movies the obamas watch? jimmy carter watched 300 movies. might have been why that was so out-of-control back then. it's long past time for partisans on both the right and the left to cut the nonsense and look at things clearly. we have got huge problems in america. the president is directly responsible for some of those problems. he is not willing to compromise. he doesn't see the big economic picture and he he is way too far left for a commander and chief.